For subcontractors & GCs

Both sidesof the bid.

Estimating and bid software for subcontractors and general contractors. Subs price the job and send it from their own Gmail. GCs invite a trade, collect the bids and level them.

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One flat price per company — never per seat.
Free trial: one project, no card. Request it by email and we set it up.

Take-off calculators for the trades you price
HVACPlumbingElectricalFire sprinklersConcreteRoofingFacadeGypsum boardTileHardwoodCountertopPaintDoorsRailing
Two sides

A sub sends bids.
A GC collects them.

Each side gets its own tools. Both share the same Estimate Builder and the same print-ready proposals.

  1. Price the job

    Build the estimate by cost-code division, with take-off calculators for your trade.

  2. Send it from your Gmail

    An email in your logo and colors, with a link the GC opens without an account — and prints as a clean proposal.

  3. Track the answer

    Mark it Waiting, Awarded or Lost in your project — and the follow-up is drafted for you.

Subcontractor plans · $200 · $250 · $350 per month →

  1. Invite a trade

    Pick subs from your directory; Novantu sends the invitation from your own Gmail.

  2. Collect the bids

    One bid-portal link per trade package. No account needed to open it.

  3. Level and award

    Spread and outliers flagged, each bid's scope read line by line, award and regret letters drafted.

General contractor plans · $200 · $320 · $400 per month →
Inside

What's in the workspace.

Tags show the plan: Every plan, or Pro+ for Pro and Enterprise.

01 · BuilderEvery plan

An estimate that adds up

By cost-code division, with take-off calculators, versions and templates. Sales tax shows as its own line, under the price.

02 · MarginEvery plan · optional

25% should mean 25%

Take profit as a margin of the price: price = cost ÷ (1 − profit %).

Cost × 1.25keeps 20%
Cost ÷ (1 − 0.25)keeps 25%
03 · ProposalsEvery plan

Paper that prints right

The preview is the printout: sheets counted, a numbered header on every page, subtotals that add up.

04 · EmailEvery plan

Sent from your own Gmail

Novantu drafts the estimate, the invitations and the follow-ups, then sends them from your Gmail — one person or a whole trade — when you press send.

05 · Price bookPro+

Every price shows its age

Hover to see where a price came from. A refresh never touches a price you typed.

Flex duct R-8per lf$18.00Yours
Volume damper 8 ineach$46.009d Where this price came fromResearched 9 days ago · mid-range LA market price · 3 sources · confidence: medium

Research is currently tuned for HVAC subcontractors in the Los Angeles area. Researched prices are estimates to verify, not supplier quotes.

06 · Ask NovantuPro+

AI that asks before it acts

Ask Novantu shows a plan card with BEFORE → AFTER for every change. Nothing happens until you click Do it, and one Ctrl+Z undoes the whole plan.

Never deletes · every number in a plan must appear in your message or your price book · try the card — it's an illustration.

YouSet supply diffusers to 18 and flex duct to 420 lf — and use my price-book price for the flex duct.
AIPlan · 3 changes · Harbor View Residence
Supply diffusersLine · quantity16 → 18
Flex duct R-8Line · quantity380 lf → 420 lf
Flex duct R-8Line · unit price$16.50 → $18.00from your price book
Nothing changes until you click · Ctrl+Z undoes all 3Applied · Ctrl+Z puts all 3 back
Every feature, tool by tool → What each plan includes →
How we work

Six things Novantu won't do.

Built into the product, not buried in the fine print.

Every plan

Send an email you didn't approve

Novantu drafts it, then sends it from your own Gmail — to one GC or to every invited sub at once — only when you press send. Nothing goes out on a timer.

Every plan

Charge per seat

One flat price per company. No per-project fees, no pay-per-use AI credits.

Pro+

Let Ask Novantu delete anything

It creates, renames and changes — each change shown BEFORE → AFTER and applied only when you click Do it.

Pro+

Use a number you didn't give it

Every quantity or price in an Ask Novantu plan must appear in your message or your price book.

Pro+

Overwrite a price you typed

A price refresh never touches a price you typed, and researched prices carry their date and source.

Pro+

Read drawings you didn't attach

Plans are read only when you attach them to a request or press “Answer this from the plans.”

Pricing

Flat per company. Set-up if you want it.

Pick a plan, monthly or yearly — that's the whole subscription. No per-seat or per-project fees.

Standard

$200/ month
or $2,100 / year

The core workflow: projects, Estimate Builder and calculators, true-margin pricing, print-perfect proposals, estimate links or bid portals, RFIs.

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Pro

$250/ month
or $2,800 / year

Everything in Standard, plus the Pro+ tools: Ask Novantu, the price book, project folders, schedule, daily logs and the crew portal.

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Enterprise

$350/ month
or $4,000 / year

Everything in Pro, plus your own email templates, no Novantu credit on your proposals, and multiple users — we set up your team.

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Free trial · no card

Try it on one real project.

One project, the core bidding workflow and a starter allowance of AI actions — enough to try Ask Novantu. Ask by email and we set it up.

Trial limits include 5 emails through your linked Gmail, 10 directory contacts, a few plan uploads and a small price book. Schedule, daily logs and the crew portal aren't in the trial.

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Optional · one-time · quoted separately

Personalized set-up.

  • Your brand — logo, colors and company details
  • Your trades — categories and cost-code divisions
  • Your prices Pro+ — loaded into the price book
  • Your proposal — terms and clarifications filled in
About the set-up →

Pay by card on Stripe's secure page (Apple Pay or Google Pay where your device supports them), then email us the payment reference — we set up your workspace and email your login, usually within one business day. Cancel anytime by email; the plan stops renewing at the end of the paid period.

Bring a real bid.

Start a free trial — one project, the core bidding workflow and a starter allowance of AI actions. No card required.

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